Minnesota Administrative Code

1550.2890 CANNED DISTRESSED FOODS SUBJECTED TO CONTAMINATION FROM FLOODS. Canned distressed foods subjected to contamination from floods shall be subjected to an approved cleaning and bactericidal treatment. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published Electronically: September 23,…

1550.2900 APPROVED BACTERICIDAL TREATMENT. For the purposes of parts 1550.2840 to 1550.2920, "approved bactericidal treatment" shall mean treatment by chemicals or other acceptable means to render said food container free of microorganisms of public health significance. Statutory…

1550.2910 CAN AND GLASS CONTAINERS DAMAGE. The following are examples of packaging material defects rendering products unfit for human food and animal feed use: A. If the seam has been placed under tension or has otherwise been disturbed so it may have disrupted the hermetic seal…

1550.2920 DISTRESSED FLOUR PRODUCTS RECONDITIONING PROCEDURES. All finely milled flour and flour based products shall be examined for contamination before repackaging by sifting through a screen which contains 20 meshes per linear inch (.0328 inches per opening or 840 microns) wh…

1550.2930 DISPOSAL OF DISTRESSED FOOD UNFIT FOR SALVAGING OR RECONDITIONING. Salvage food processors shall destroy and dispose of distressed food that has been deemed unfit for food, animal feed, seed, or industrial nonfood uses pursuant to the requirements and supervision of the…

1550.2940 AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE. Subpart 1. Purpose. In keeping with the policy of the department to expand, improve, and develop markets for Minnesota agricultural products by promoting their use and sale, it is the purpose of the Minnesota food products logo to identify and pro…

1550.2950 DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1. Scope. For the purposes of parts 1550.2940 to 1550.3000 the terms in this part have the meanings given them. Subp. 2. Agricultural products. "Agricultural products" means livestock, dairy products, poultry or poultry products, fish, fruit of all …

1550.2960 ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICATION TO USE LOGO. Subpart 1. Producers. A producer may apply to use the logo on an agricultural product to be used in its original state as a food product or on an agricultural product intended to be processed or manufactured into a food product, …

1550.2970 APPLICATION; AUTHORIZATION; RENEWAL. Subpart 1. Application. An eligible producer, processor, or manufacturer of Minnesota food products may apply to use the logo. Application shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner and shall contain the following: A. the na…

1550.2980 PROMOTIONAL USE OF THE LOGO. The logo may be used with or without the labeling statement for promotional purposes by an authorized producer, processor, or manufacturer on any materials used in a direct, national, or international marketing effort, by a wholesaler, retai…

1550.2990 ENFORCEMENT. Subpart 1. Investigation and revocation. If the commissioner has reason to believe there is improper use, the commissioner may investigate any use of the logo and determine whether there is improper use. The commissioner shall revoke authorization to use th…

1550.3000 MINNESOTA FOOD PRODUCTS LOGO. Statutory Authority: MS s 17.102 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.3050 HOME GROWN FRUIT AND RAW VEGETABLES. Raw fruit and raw vegetables labeled or advertised as "Home Grown" and offered for sale in Minnesota must specify the place of origin in letters of a size and form identical to the term "Home Grown." Statutory Authority: MS s 31.11 H…

1550.3100 APPLICABILITY. For the purposes of inspection or licensing by the commissioner of agriculture, parts 1550.3100 to 1550.3170 apply to the mixing, self-service dispensing, labeling, and sale of new multiuse beverage bottles and the cleaning of used beverage bottles. Statu…

1550.3110 BUILDINGS AND PREMISES. Self-service beverage dispensing equipment must be located within an establishment licensed and inspected for the sale of food for human consumption. Statutory Authority: MS s 34.09 History: 11 SR 1989 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.3120 BOTTLES AND BOTTLE CLOSURES. Subpart 1. New bottles. New bottles must be dispensed in a sanitary manner with the closures attached and in a manner that will prohibit replacement of returned bottles into the bottle dispenser, or provided with tamper-evident seals. Subp. …

1550.3130 BEVERAGE DISPENSING EQUIPMENT. Subpart 1. General requirements. All equipment, containers, and utensils used in the handling, storage, mixing, and transfer of syrup and beverage must be smooth, impervious, corrosion resistant, nontoxic, and in good repair. Subp. 2. Clea…

1550.3140 SIGN. A sign must be posted conspicuously within the immediate dispenser area directing consumers for health reasons to use a single service funnel or other sanitary device which has been provided when serving themselves, not to contact the beverages directly, and not t…

1550.3150 BOTTLE WASHING. Subpart 1. New bottles. New beverage bottles, if suitably protected at the container manufacturing facility and during transportation and storage, need not be washed or rinsed before use. Subp. 2. Multiuse bottles. Multiuse bottles returned for refilling…

1550.3160 EQUIPMENT SINK. A three-compartment, adequate-sized equipment sink for the washing of dispensing equipment must be provided with properly plumbed hot and cold running water. Equipment sinks must be National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) approved or the equivalent. Statuto…

1550.3170 CUSTOMER HAND-WASHING SINK. A facility for hand-washing must be provided in the establishment with properly plumbed hot and cold running water, soap, and single service towels or a suitable air drying device. Statutory Authority: MS s 34.09 History: 11 SR 1989 Published…

1550.3200 DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1. Scope. The definitions in this part apply to parts 1550.3200 to 1550.3320. Subp. 2. Analytical unit. "Analytical unit" means that portion of water taken from a sample for the purpose of analysis. Subp. 3. Approved source. "Approved source" means …

1550.3210 PRODUCT QUALITY. Subpart 1. Standards. Bottled water must be from an approved source and must not contain anything in a quantity that may be injurious to health. Bottled water must meet the standards in Minnesota Statutes, section 31.101, subdivision 8, and other rules …

1550.3220 BOTTLED WATER PROCESS REQUIREMENTS. Subpart 1. Filtering; processing; packaging. Bottled water, including mineral water, must be processed and packaged according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, parts 110 and 129, and other rules adopted by the department. Subp…

1550.3230 SOURCE WATER MONITORING. Subpart 1. Sampling and analysis. A plant operator is responsible for sampling and analysis of source water for the contaminants in part 1550.3210. The monitoring must be at least annually for chemical contaminants and weekly for microbiological…

1550.3240 FINISHED PRODUCT MONITORING. Subpart 1. Periodic monitoring. To assure that bottled water complies with part 1550.3210, the following product monitoring using representative samples derived from the bottled product must be performed: A. for microbiological contaminants …

1550.3250 LABELING REQUIREMENTS. Bottled water must conform to Minnesota Statutes, section 31.101, subdivision 8, and be labeled in compliance with items A to L. A. If bottled water comes from a municipal source and has not been treated to meet the definition of distilled water o…

1550.3260 SODA WATER AND SOFT DRINK EXEMPTION. Bottled soft drinks, soda, seltzer, or other products commonly recognized as soft drinks and labeled with a common or usual name other than one of those in part 1550.3200 is exempt from parts 1550.3200 to 1550.3260. Water that is not…

1550.3270 OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS. Water vending machine operators must operate and maintain all water vending machines in a sanitary manner, maintain adequate water quality monitoring, and take investigative or corrective action necessary to assure that a safe and sanitary water i…

1550.3280 VENDING MACHINE REQUIREMENTS. Machines used to dispense vended water must comply with the construction and performance standards set by the National Automatic Merchandising Association and other rules adopted by the department and must: A. be designed and constructed to…

1550.3290 SERVICE; SAMPLING; RECORDS. Subpart 1. Cleaning; maintenance. All parts and surfaces of water vending machines must be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition by the operator. The vending chamber and vending nozzle must be cleaned and sanitized each time the machin…

1550.3300 REVIEW OF PLANS. Before construction or major remodeling of a bottled water plant, or when an existing structure is converted to use as a bottled water plant, properly prepared plans and specifications for construction, major remodeling, or conversion must be submitted …

1550.3310 PREOPERATIONAL INSPECTION. If plans and specifications are required by part 1550.3300, the department must inspect the bottled water plant before the start of operations to determine compliance with the approved plans and specifications and with the requirements of part…

1550.3320 EXISTING BOTTLED WATER PLANTS AND VENDING MACHINES. Building facilities, equipment, and vending machines in use before July 13, 1993, that do not fully meet the design and fabrication requirements of parts 1550.3200 to 1550.3320 are acceptable if they are in good repair…

1550.3350 TEA. "Tea" is the tender leaves, leaf buds, and tender internodes of different varieties of thea sinensis L., prepared and cured by recognized methods of manufacture. It conforms in variety and place of production to the name it bears; contains not less than four percen…

1550.3360 COFFEE. "Coffee" is the seed of cultivated varieties of Coffea arabica, C. liberica and C. robusta. "Green coffee," "raw coffee," "unroasted coffee" is coffee freed from all but a small portion of its spermoderm and conforms in variety and in place of production to the …

1550.3370 VINEGAR, CIDER VINEGAR, APPLE VINEGAR. "Vinegar," "cider vinegar," "apple vinegar," is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of apples and contains in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius) not less than four grams of ac…

1550.3380 WINE VINEGAR, GRAPE VINEGAR. "Wine vinegar," "grape vinegar," is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of grapes and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of acetic acid. Statutory…

1550.3390 MALT VINEGAR. "Malt vinegar" is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation, of an infusion of barley malt or cereals whose starch has been converted by malt and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), no…

1550.3400 SUGAR VINEGAR. "Sugar vinegar" is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of solutions of sugar, syrup, molasses, or refiners' syrup and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of acetic acid. Stat…

1550.3410 GLUCOSE VINEGAR. "Glucose vinegar" is the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of a solution of glucose, is dextrorotatory and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of acetic acid. Statutory Autho…

1550.3420 SPIRIT VINEGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, GRAIN VINEGAR. "Spirit vinegar," "distilled vinegar," "grain vinegar," is the product made by the acetous fermentation of dilute distilled alcohol and contains, in 100 cubic centimeters (20 degrees Celsius), not less than four grams of…

1550.3430 SODA WATER. "Soda water" is the class of beverages made by absorbing carbon dioxide in potable water. The amount of carbon dioxide used is not less than that which will be absorbed by the beverage at a pressure of one atmosphere and at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahren…

1550.3440 OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS. Soda water may contain optional ingredients but if any such ingredient is a food additive or a color additive within the meaning of section 201 (s) or (t) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, it is used only in conformity with the requiremen…

1550.3450 NAMES OF BEVERAGES. Subpart 1. Beverage neither flavored nor sweetened. The name of the beverage for which a definition and standard of identity is established by parts 1550.3430 to 1550.3470, which is neither flavored nor sweetened, is soda water, club soda, or plain s…

1550.3460 OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS LABELING. Soda water that contains the optional ingredient caffeine as provided for in part 1550.3440, item H, artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or any combination of these shall be labeled to show that fact by the label statement "with ___…

1550.3470 PLACEMENT OF LABEL STATEMENTS. The label statements prescribed in part 1550.3460 for declaring the optional ingredients present shall appear on a labeling surface of the beverage in such a manner as to render the statement likely to be read by the ordinary individual un…